Pro sport team charter companies?????

[WorldSeries]

does anyone know the name or know if there are certain compaines that fly 727, 737, 757 etc for pro teams like baseball, NBA, NHL, NFL. i have seen numerous white 737 and 757 parked in cities when there where pro sport games going on that the team had charter for the game. thanks

 

[dav8or]

Pace airlines does a few in 737 and 757

 

[Andy Neill]

I believe Champion does that with 72's.

 

[smellthejeta]

does anyone know the name or know if there are certain compaines that fly 727, 737, 757 etc for pro teams like baseball, NBA, NHL, NFL. i have seen numerous white 737 and 757 parked in cities when there where pro sport games going on that the team had charter for the game. thanks

I don't know much about who does the NFL or MLB stuff, but as far as NBA and NHL goes, it varies.

A lot of teams contract with an airline to do their charters. I know NW and DL charters are pretty big for sports. Sometimes the charter gets worked by the airline employees and sometimes it gets worked by the FBO. It all depends on the contract. Some teams either own their own planes or work through a management company that will operate one plane for one particular team. Others will contract with a charter company to do their trips, I know Pace is a big one that does that.

Professional sports charters are an interesting world, and I suspect even teams that have dedicated-use planes don't outright own them and instead have them managed by an outisde company.

On top of that, a lot of owners have their own personal planes.

 

[Thunderchief]

Midwest Airlines

MA does a few Baseball teams (Brewers and Cubs I think) and a bunch of NBA and NHL teams. They have one particular airplane that has extra extra legroom for the big fellas.

-TC

 

[Be200pilot]

the vikings had 2 Northwest 757's and one dc-9 in GRB for the packer game last year. I watched 4 black tour buses pull up and and the players divided and went into each plane. they werent at any gate so they started up and took off right away, it was kind of neat.
the wild owns/leases a 737-200 that they keep in STP at Regent, they used to keep it at Million Air but they didnt want to pay their fuel bill.

 

[ACE]

Miami Air

 

[justApilot]

Ascend Aviation 727's out of San Bernardino. I believe they fly the Dojers.

 

[KINGAIR PIC]

The N.O. Hornets have a B-727 at MSY.

 

[treetop flyer]

Packers Shuttle

The last time I flew into GRB, the Packers were boarding a Northwest 747-200.

I almost bumped into Brett Favre as I walked out!

Pretty impressive...the short term lot was full of Hummer H2's, Bentley's, and other VERY high end cars...

TF

 

[FlyingDawg]

Delta has many charters. In fact the bid sheets actually show who the charter is for. Extra sections are often added in the system for revenue flights on the empty leg since major teams have a series lasting several days.

The Atlanta Hawks have a 737 that you can often see parked in ATL at FBO. Its painted in their colors.

The Delta Connection carriers do many college basketball charters.

Its not unusual to see WWF charters on Connection aircraft. I've seen many them many times arriving and departing at Mercury Air Center in ATL.

 

[RyanB727]

Ryan International

Ryan International flies 727's for Ascend Aviation out of San Bernadino. We just started this about a month ago. Right now we have 3 (or maybe 4?) airplanes devoted to this although eventually its supposed to go up to 6 I think. Right now we are flying the Dodgers and also NASCAR executives/support personnel.

In the past we have, at various times, had the contract to fly several MLB, NBA, and NHL teams around.